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CVE-2018-1000161

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.7 EPSS 1.04% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-04-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2018-1000161
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.7
EPSS
1.04%

Original NVD Description

nmap version 6.49BETA6 through 7.60, up to and including SVN revision 37147 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in NSE script http-fetch that can result in file overwrite as the user is running it. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim that runs NSE script http-fetch against a malicious web site. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 7.7.

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